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No. 337,788. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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LOUIS B. PRAHAR, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO GUSTAV HEILES, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

COMBINED BUTTON-HOOK AND COAT AND HAT HANGER.

Application filed NovemherlB. 1885. Serial No. 183,205.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS B. PRAHAR, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovementinaOombined Button-Hook and Coat and Hat Hanger, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement, illustrating its use.Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the improvement, shown full size 1 and inposition for use. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, shown closedfor carriage. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same in position foruse, and showing a modification of the arrangement of the parts. Fig. 5is a side elevation of the same, shown closed for carnage.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction ofthecombined button-hooks and coat-hangers for which Letters Patent No.315,500 were granted to Gustav Heiles, April 14, 1885, in such a manneras to make them neater in appearance, less expensive in manufacture, andmore convenient and reliable in use.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts ofthe combined button-hooks and coat and hat hanger, as will behereinafter fully described, and then claimed.

A represents an ordinary button-hook, in the shank of which is formed aslot, B, and a recess, O. In the slot B is pivoted an arm,

D, in such a manner that it can be opened out into a position nearly atright angles with the shank of the button -hook A, when its opening outwill be limited by the rear edge of ,its pivoted end coming in contactwith the bottom of the said slot B. Upon the pivoted end of the arm D isformed a prong, E, pro- @EGIFKQATION forming part of Letters Patent No.337,788, dated March 9, 1886.

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jecting in the opposite direction from and 5 nearly parallel with thesaid arm. Upon the forward side of the outer end of the arm Dis formed apoint, F, which, when the arm I) is closed, enters the recess 0, so asto keep the said arm D'in place. 0

If desired. a recess, G, can be formed in the forward edge of the middlepart of the arm D for convenience in taking hold of the said arm, whenclosed, to open it.

In using the improvement the arm D is opened into the position shown inFigs. 1 and 2, and the prong E is forced into a post or wall. A coat canthen be hung upon the but ton-hook A, and a hat hung upon the arm D, asillustrated in Fig. l, the weight of the coat tending to draw the prongE more firmly into the post or wall.

When the improvement is not in use, the arm D is closed down against theshank of the button-hook, the point F entering the recess O and keepingthe said arm in place.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the position of the arm D is reversed, the said armbeing pivoted to the middle part of the shank of the button-hook, andshutting down toward the rear end of the said shank.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

Ina combined button-hook and coat and hat hanger, the combination, withthe shank of a button-hook having slot B and recess 0, of the arm D,pivoted in the slot B, having prong E upon its pivoted end andprojectingin the opposite direction from and nearly parallel with thesaid arm, and having a point, F, upon its outer end to engage with therecess of the said shank, substantially as herein shown and described.

LOUIS B. PRAHAR. \Vitnesses:

J AMES '1. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWIOK.

